Triggered from September 4, the Ukrainian counter-offensive towards the east of Kharkiv will therefore have taken on the appearance of a “blitzkrieg”. A real blitzkrieg that seems to have surprised the Russian command, then focused on the other counter-offensive, announced for a long time, and which officially aimed at the city of Kherson.
Commenting on the latest information on the events in the Northeast, Oleh Syniehoubov, head of the military administration of the Kharkiv region, said in remarks taken up by the online daily Ukrainian Truth : “Our soldiers continue operations to liberate the Kharkiv region from Russian occupiers. The enemy hastily abandons its positions and flees to the rear into previously occupied territories, or retreats directly into the territory of the Russian Federation.”
Russian border
In certain places on the front, he adds, “our fighters have reached the border with the Russian Federation”. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, assures:
“Meter by meter, the Ukrainian army is liberating the Kharkiv region: there are hundreds of settlements, thousands of streets, these are the hometowns of tens of thousands of Ukrainians.”
For now, the Ukrainian forces are not relaxing the pressure on their adversaries. Fighting is reportedly underway around Lyma